1cynosure(6x) XScreenSaver manual cynosure(6x)
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6 cynosure - gentle overlapping squares screen saver.
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9 cynosure [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window]
10 [-root] [-delay number] [-ncolors number] [-iterations number] [-fps]
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13 A hack similar to `greynetic', but less frenetic. The first implementa‐
14 tion was by Stephen Linhart; then Ozymandias G. Desiderata wrote a Java
15 applet clone. That clone was discovered by Jamie Zawinski, and ported
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19 -visual visual
20 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
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24 -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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29 Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 500000 (0.50 sec‐
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36 Duration. 2 - 200. Default: 100.
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38 -fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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51 Copyright © 2002 by Stephen Linhart, Ozymandias G. Desiderata, and
52 Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell
53 this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted
54 without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all
55 copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice
56 appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about
57 the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as
58 is" without express or implied warranty.
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61 Stephen Linhart, Ozymandias G. Desiderata, and Jamie Zawinski.
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